North American Power Failure Nuke Info Tokyo No. 96
The fact is that a power failure can occur at any time. Strangely enough, the power failure that occurred on August 14 throughout the east of Canada and the United States, represented about the...
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Myth of TEPCO’s Power Shortage: Tokyo can survive without nuclear power! Nuke Info Tokyo No. 96
*The power supply capacity is compiled according to TEPCO’s data. In addition, TEPCO could increase its supply capacity provided by outside of TEPCO’s facilities, not reflected in offcial data. As of August 31, 11...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 96 (July/August 2003)
(352 KB) Myth of TEPCO’s Power Shortage: Tokyo can Survive without nuclear power! Tokyo can survive without nuclear power! North American Power Failure TEPCO’s public relations section, even though we still don’t know...
National Meeting to Give up Nukes on June 7
National Meeting to Give up Nukes on June 7 Citizens and laborers, who have fought against nuclear power throughout the nation, gathered June 7 to appeal for the halting of nuclear power. The “Give...
‘Interim’ Storage Facility: Fears that it will become a permanent disposal site Nuke Info Tokyo No. 95
On April 11, Tokyo Power Electric Co. (TEPCO) submitted its plan to construct an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuels in Mutsu City, Aomori Prefecture. Upon receiving TEPCO’s request, Mutsu set up a...
Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant: Leakage from Storage Pool, Defective Construction Work, and Escalating Costs Nuke Info Tokyo No. 95
At the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (RRP) in Aomori Prefecture, a series of accident has been discovered in the spent fuel storage pool – water leakage from the storage tank and the defective construction work...
Nuke Info Tokyo No. 95 (May/June 2003)
(764 KB) Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant: Leakage from Storage Pool, Defective Construction Work, and Escalating Costs A series of accident has been discovered in the spent fuel storage pool – water leakage from the...
News Watch 94 (March/April 2003) Nuke Info Tokyo No. 94
Municipalities Put Tax on Storage of Spent FuelFNCA Meets in Naha METI Works Out New Preferential Measures for Nuclear Power Municipalities Put Tax on Storage of Spent Fuel Kashiwazaki City Council (Niigata Prefecture)...
Anti-Nuke Who’s Who Kiyoshi Yoshimura: ‘A Logical and Stern Critic of Nuclear Energy’ Nuke Info Tokyo No. 94
By Teruyuki Matsushita It was the beginning of the age of nuclear energy in Japan. This ‘dream-like’ form of energy was first produced at the nuclear power station on the Tsuruga Peninsula. It was...
The Downward Trend of the Nuclear Development Plan In Japan Nuke Info Tokyo No. 94
The Downward Trend of the Nuclear Development Plan In Japan All electric companies in Japan had completed the Electric Supply Plan for the fiscal year of 2003 by the end of March*. In these...